Official Languages committee  As I told you, there is a guide in the government. My team will be pleased to send it to all committee members. If the committee is interested in studying that issue, I would be happy to listen to your recommendations, because it is a concern for our government. As I told you, w

Official Languages committee  Fine, go ahead.

Official Languages committee  Listen, we revived the long-form census…

Official Languages committee  … that the previous government had abolished.

Official Languages committee  For us, it will be important to use the new data in 2021, because, with that data, we will be able to come with good—

Official Languages committee  I am sorry, I just want to finish my sentence.

Official Languages committee  With good data from Statistics Canada, we can then have good programs and strengthen our official language minority communities. As I told you, in the regulations we revised, we included a new definition of official language minority communities.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for that question, my dear colleague. I also have to thank you for the leadership in official languages matters that you have shown throughout your entire career. I think also thank you for having helped to have Ottawa recognized as a bilingual city. My thanks go to e

Official Languages committee  We've entered into a contract with the University of Ottawa. The university is putting in place its expertise centre and hiring people, and we've also created a panel. All the interviews have been done, and we're really in the final stage. Basically, I just need to do the final t

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes, it is very good news. We are pleased to have revived the court challenges program. To answer my colleague's question, I should say that the court challenges program was abolished by the previous government.

Official Languages committee  We felt it was important to do so.

Official Languages committee  That case is currently before the court.

Official Languages committee  Because it is currently before the court, I will respect their independence, but the impact of the judgment concerned me and still does. That is why I decided to send a letter to all my cabinet colleagues, so that I could assure myself that they still support more positive measu

Official Languages committee  First of all, I had the opportunity to speak to the Commissioner of Official Languages last week and to encourage him to give his mandate a broad and liberal interpretation. With a proactive commissioner, while we respect his independence—which is fundamental—we can be assured of